The banners and placards outside London’s Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre – where the findings of the seven year awaited Chilcot Inquiry into the Blair government’s illegal and catastrophic invasion of Iraq were to be revealed – reflected an anger undiminished since maybe two million people marched against the war in the city on February 15th, 2003. Thirty six million are estimated to have demonstrated across the world.
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Deconstructing the establishment’s faux media show trial of war criminal Tony Blair on yesterday morning’s UK Column News.
The FBI clears Hillary as Chilcot clears Blair; a growing number of Americans prefer certain death to Trump/Clinton; and China completes the world's largest radio telescope.
The FBI clears Hillary as Chilcot clears Blair; a growing number of Americans prefer certain death to Trump/Clinton; and China completes the world's largest radio telescope.
By David Swanson | July 7, 2016 The Chilcot report’s “findings” have virtually all been part of the public record for a decade, and it avoids key pieces of evidence. Its recommendations are essentially to continue using war as a threat and a tool of foreign policy, but to please try not to lie so […]
It’s been a good couple of days for the global two-tiered justice system and its political beneficiaries. Just yesterday, the world gasped in horror as Hillary Clinton was given her much anticipated “get out of jail free card,” further clarifying the similarities between herself and her lawless banker patrons. As I wrote in yesterday’s piece, “What Difference Does It Make” – Thoughts on the Non-Indictment of Hillary Clinton:
Pillo the robot, American breasts and more poison water + this day in history w/the Homestead Strike and our song of the day by Thee Oh Sees on your Morning Monarchy for July 6, 2016.
The report is sure to galvanize calls for Blair to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court [Xinhua]
Sir John Chilcot, tasked with investigating the United Kingdom’s role in the build-up, invasion and occupation of Iraq, published his report today sending a damning indictment of Washington’s and London’s mishandling of intelligence and exaggerating the need for war.
By Craig Murray | July 6, 2016 The death toll from the horrific recent Iraq bombings has risen over 250. If Blair had not been absolutely determined to attack Iraq on the basis of a knowing lie about WMD, they would be alive now, along with millions of other dead. ISIS would never have taken […]
As today will see the official release of the Chilcot Report into Tony Blair’s and the British government’s role in the Iraq War, I am re-posting here two older articles that are perhaps particularly relevant in that context. The first asks the question ‘Is Tony Blair Being Made a Scapegoat For the Entire Iraq War?’ […]
